Entering the twenty-first century, China has been the site of many serious environmental disasters and accidents. These have strengthened the call for the establishment of an environmental risk management system and for the development of new policies to effectively manage risk. Among the new policies in China’s environmental risk management strategy are pollution insurance and information disclosure. This paper explores information disclo- sure policies through the implementation of the Environmental Information Disclosure Decree by governmental authorities and companies. In both 2008 and 2010, we reviewed the websites of the Ministry of Environmental Protec- tion and all 31 provincial Environmental Protection Bureaus, conducted ex- periments in requesting information disclosure, and held interviews with all provincial Environmental Protection Bureaus. We conclude that the imple- mentation of the Environmental Information Disclosure Decree is improving but still far from widespread, full and effective. The lack of enforcement and the ambiguity of some clauses in the decree give provincial environmental agencies great discretion to avoid disclosure and discourages enforcement of company environmental information disclosure. Implementation shortcom- ings of the decree are also related to the longstanding closeness, secrecy and monopoly of information in China’s political system. 

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进入二十一世纪以来，中国一直是许多严重的环境灾害事故的现场。这些都加强了呼吁建立环境风险管理体系，并为新的政策，以有效管理风险的发展。其中在中国的环境风险管理战略的新政策是环境污染保险和信息披露。本文探讨了信息，通过环境信息公开法令由政府部门和公司的执行disclo-确保政策。在2008年和2010年，我们回顾了环境保护部和全国31个省级环保局的网站上，进行了要求信息公开的实验中，并进行面试与各省级环保部门。我们的结论是环境信息披露法令的实施正在改善，但还远远广泛，充分和有效。执法的缺乏以及在法令部分条款的模糊性给省级环保部门很大的自由裁量权，以避免信息披露和阻碍执行公司的环境信息披露。有法令的实施shortcom-英格斯还涉及到长期的封闭性，保密性和信息的垄断在中国的政治体制。